Parents Quotes
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A lot of parents today are terrified that something they say to their children might make them 'feel bad.' But, hey, if they've done something wrong, they should feel bad. Kids with a sense of responsibility, not entitlement, who know when to experience gratitude and humility, will be better at navigating the social shoals of college.
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When I grew up on the south side of Chicago, it was kind of a rough neighborhood, and when my parents saw the prospect of my older sister going to middle school, high school, they decided that we would move to the north side of Chicago, Highland Park, and for me, that was a whole new ballgame.
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Some people don't need parental commitment, they will still come out great, but for others, parents can be critical in providing moral and academic guidance.
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As parents we're not nearly as computer literate as our children are.
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I think as far as I've been able to understand from my friends that I went to college with and things like that is that it almost seems like Russian Roulette when you're coming out of the closet to your parents.
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The way I grew up, I had hippie parents, and we would run around the garden with no shoes on, very close to nature. So I never wore little princess dresses. I still have this feeling whenever I wear a very formal dress; I always have this slight fear that people will point their fingers at me and laugh: 'Vicky is trying to look like a lady.'
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Every homeless puppy and kitten was born to parents who weren't spayed or neutered. I'm proud to support PETA's work to prevent animal homelessness.
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For the son of immigrants to run for elected office, not even a generation after my parents got here, that's what makes America a great place.
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For everybody in the world, the answers to the mysteries in your life usually lie in your childhood, your upbringing, and your parents.
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It's always nerve-racking, showing your parents things you've been working on.
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The man who disobeys his parents will have disobedient sons.
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Children who cling to parents or who don't want to leave home are stunted in their emotional, psychological growth.
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Every child is created uniquely by God. God puts a certain formula in the heart of every child. And it is the parents' challenge to figure out the combination. We need to spend time studying, looking, listening, and observing.
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Having loving and supporting parents didn't make me feel any better about the possibility of seeing my personal life splashed across newspapers and tabloids.
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I realized I was the one doing all the training, earning the money, and my parents were living off of me.
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My parents thought I was crazy. When I graduated, you didn't hear of basketball players going to Japan. Everyone went to Europe somewhere.
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It's not until recently that I could even imagine myself as an adult. But these kids today, they look at me like I'm Neil Young. Nirvana is the band their parents listen to.
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Certainly my personality, my sense of humor, my outlook on life was informed by the experiences of my parents and the stories they shared with me.
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I have the greatest respect for single parents who struggle and sacrifice, trying against almost superhuman odds to hold the family together. They should be honored and helped in their heroic efforts. But any mother's or father's task is much easier where there are two functioning parents in the home.
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My parents dreaded the fact that I was changing my life to do this, but I just kept doing it.
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My parents had the hardest time getting me to read. But I picked up the Muhammad Ali book and it was pretty cool. He was a guy that lived a pretty exciting life and, with the ups and downs and things he dealt with, I think it’s a pretty special story.
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Growing up, I never heard my parents curse, never. The first time I ever said a curse word was with my sister Kim.
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By the time I had reached the age of 16, in the 10th grade, my parents, after 22 years of marriage, one day decided to get a divorce.
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When I was little, my parents would have these gatherings, and it was a common thing for me and my cousins to have to put on, like, shows.
